Graham hol­ds a BEng ­in Electri­cal and El­ectronic E­ngineering­ and an MS­c in Instr­umentation­ Design an­d Applicat­ions from ­the Univer­sity of Ma­nchester a­nd has an ­interest i­n photogra­phy which ­has seen h­im win awa­rds at a l­ocal club

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From reading the latest headlines in the media, you would think that the only things telcos care about right now are 5G, NFV/SDN and IoT devices. While this may be valid for the upper echelons of mobile and fixed network operators, it is not the case for many telcos. Indeed, a large number of them a...

Mobile operators are continually seeking ways to maintain their revenues as their user base evolves and customers demand new types of services. Compared to previous generations, younger people are far less reliant on traditional services such as voice. Indeed, making a call is one of the last things...

Historically, telephony networks were based around TDM systems running on custom hardware. More recently, the move to IP-based technologies has allowed networks to move away from customised or proprietary equipment and instead adopt standardised server technology.
While network operators ga...

When I started working in the telecoms industry back in the mid-1990s, the role of a telephone company — now more commonly known as a telecoms operator or communications service provider (CSP) — was well defined. Essentially, they supplied communication services — in other words, v...